Rhode Island State Representative

Michelle McGaw 2025 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 6)

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Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5704

Introduced
2/26/25  
Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities. That choose to participate. Reports would be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and would be submitted to the department of environmental management.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5712

Introduced
2/26/25  
Establishes fusion voting in Rhode Island, allowing candidates to appear on ballots as nominees of multiple political parties, for the same office.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5738

Introduced
2/26/25  
Provides a tax credit to individual taxpayers who convert their gas-powered vehicle into a vehicle propelled by an alternative fuel source.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5752

Introduced
2/26/25  
Imposes a property tax on non-owner occupied residential properties assessed worth at one million dollars ($1,000,000) and less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) and a higher tax on properties assessed at two million dollars ($2,000,000) or more.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5759

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows a deduction from federal adjusted gross income for interest payments on outstanding student loans.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5779

Introduced
2/26/25  
Requires oil spill responsible fee from 5 cents to 10 cents. Funds to support climate change initiatives.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5784

Introduced
2/26/25  
Includes "hosting platform" under the definition of "room-seller" and imposes a tax of 5% on the rental of a house or condominium with the tax used exclusively for infrastructure improvements, riverine and coastal resiliency and housing.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5813

Introduced
2/28/25  
Mandates any utility provider from increasing the transmission and distribution fees paid by a consumer for a period of two (2) years.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5816

Introduced
2/28/25  
Mandates state and electric distribution companies develop proposals and encourage off shore wind power development and give priority in those projects to providing employment and business opportunities to workers from disadvantaged communities.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5827

Introduced
2/28/25  
Requires a person selling real property to provide disclosures as it relates to flooding on the property which occurred either through natural events or mechanical failures.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5830

Introduced
2/28/25  
Requires that any covered entity that develops/provides online services, products, or features that children are reasonably likely to access shall consider the best interest of children when designing/developing such online service, product, or feature.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5836

Introduced
2/28/25  
Would require every high school to offer a yearlong “ethnic studies” course.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5844

Introduced
2/28/25  
Refer
2/28/25  
Report Pass
4/9/25  
Engrossed
5/1/25  
Refer
5/2/25  
Report Pass
5/28/25  
Engrossed
6/10/25  
Requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5756

Introduced
2/26/25  
Allows a municipality to set its own conveyance tax rate for residential properties sold in excess of $900,000.00 at $10 per $500. Provides collected taxes to be in a restricted account and distributed within 2 years for affordable housing.
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Rhode Island House Bill H5817

Introduced
2/28/25  
Establishes the “2025 Rhode Island Broadband Transparency and Consumer Protection Act."